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GLSA-200709-09 : GNU Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability

🗓️ 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The vulnerability in GNU Tar allows remote attackers to execute directory traversal

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-09.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(26099);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4131");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200709-09");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200709-09 : GNU Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200709-09
(GNU Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability)

    Dmitry V. Levin discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in the
    contains_dot_dot() function in file src/names.c.
  
Impact :

    By enticing a user to extract a specially crafted tar archive, a remote
    attacker could extract files to arbitrary locations outside of the
    specified directory with the permissions of the user running GNU Tar.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200709-09"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All GNU Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/tar-1.18-r2'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tar");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/08/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-arch/tar", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.18-r2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.18-r2"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GNU Tar");
}

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06 Jan 2021 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.02743
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